Improvement in horse hay-rakes



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MARTIN c.v REMINGTON; or vWnensron'r,v New YORK.

Letters Patent No. 95,268, dated September 28, 1869` IMPROVEMENT `IN HORSE. HAY-RAKES.

The I'fchec'iule referred ton these Letters Patent and making part ofthesame.

To all rwhom it may co'nce'ra :y y

Be it known that I, MARTIN C. Rmnxerroxg'of WVecdspoi-t, in the comityof Cayuga, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Horse Hay-Rakes; and the following is a full, clear,andexaet description oi' the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of thisspeciiication, in which-Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of theiake, showing the yielding,vetstiit side-braces of the curved i rake-teeth or gathering-fingere theadjustable spiralspring holders, and the liberatiiig-fingers.`

Figure 2 shows a side-view elevation of the same,- in section, with'thetilting-lever and mechanism for discharging the-hay in windrows.

Figiu'e 3 is a detached side view of a single-arm adjustable guard, tokeep the gathered hay from getting in a'rainstand clogging up thewheels. The object and nature ot inyv'invention is- First, to preventthe hay, as it is being gathered,

from pressing against the wheels, and getting in-bet\\"een the spokes,and wound aroundtheaxle, to clog up the implement.

Second, the mode of constructing the rake-teeth Iastenings, so thattheynia'y be easily adjusted to any required tension of spring, forraking green or dryhay; also, more convenient ibr'takingout andreplacing when broken,

Third, iu the mamicroi` forining the spring-braces tosupport the curvedrake-teeth sidewise', and give the-iu the unich-needed lateral support aconsiderable distance fronithe head.y I Fourth, the construction of therake-head and the adjustable vertical coupling-bar hinges, for changingthe height oi'the'head and positiou'of the teeth.

'.lo enable` others to make and use my improvements in horse liay-rakes,I will describefthem more i'ully, referring to the drawings, and to theletters of rolia-once marked thereon.

My iniln'ovements are upon the kind known as buggy or twowheel horseliay-gakes, the whole apparatus being mounted and nearly balanced overthe axle-tree A. ,i

l-he thills or shafts l; li'aro bolted-to the under side, and extendbarki from the axle-tree A a suiiiuiout distance io support the cleanersor liberatinglingers b Il b in a direct lino'with the shafts' B B, inthe rear. i

Un both ends'of the axle-tree-are iitted metal cap- Vllangos U Catowhich the rake-head is attached'and hinged ou the top.

l'lhe 'flanges' (i C extenddowii,.and are so constructed as to providl`for attaching adjust-able tiexible guards d d. to prevent the hay, whileheilig gathered in windrows, to come in contact with and clog up thewheels The guard-danges C C are `made right and left, of malleablecast-iron, with a segment of a circ le, pro vided with notches c c c eon the ontsides, in which a double or a single guard-linger, d, as seenin iig. 3, is held, so that. it may be placed at any desired angle, andsecured in position `by a bolt, y, and nut, the bolt passing through acurved slot,f, made for the purose.

1') To the top ends of the cap-anges G O are pivoted the standards E E,on which the rake-head FF is mounted.

, v-The end-pieces of the rakehead G G, and also the standards Il E, aremade of' malleable cast-iron, they heilig provided with notches e e, tofit each other; and af'slot, h, bolt, and nut, to' hold them,l so thatthe height of the rake-head'may he adjusted to accommodate the kind ofhaybeing'gathered.

*The "curved'rake-teeth, or gatherin g-in gers j 7' j, are bent atrightangles at therear end, and are held in clamp-sockets i t t', screwed tothe front bar li", of the rake-head.

On the' rear bar F are mounted standards k It .1.1, they having a longopening, l, above their foot or base,

through which the gathering-fingers pass.

'The standards k 7c lc are snirounded by helical springs m in m, and areheld to operate on the iingersjjj by buttons ala a, so notched as -to besecure when on,

and very easily removed to take out-.and replace the fingers, Shouldthey be broken, to which they are very liable. i Y g 4 To therear bar Fof the rake-head are also secured ,oblique spring-braces I I I I, whichextend back to the middle, or half the length of the curved rake-teeth`or gathering-fingersj jj, to support them sideWise,

which is a matter of very great importance to vhorse hay-iakes, wheresteeLwire'orrods are us'ed for the gat-liering-ngers;

' The lateral braces "1 I II may be made of sheet spring-steel, cut 'ina'strips of any desired width, or of hoop-ironhammered to make itspringy, or of hard drawn wire, bent ina proper forni. v

The whole rake or gathering-apparatus, being balanced over the axle, isvery free to' tie-operated by the hand-lever H, which may be placedeonvenientto the driveis seat, the lever being connected with acoupling-bar, 'J, to an arm, K; attached to the'rake-head F', which may,if necessary on account of the length and weight of the apparatus, besupported between.

'the ends, by oneor more `o tfthe standards E.

The advantages of my improvements are obvious to every practical vmanwho has and uses horse hay-lakes, and do not require to befurtherexpe-tinted uponf XVhdt vI claim as my invention. and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The adjustable guards, consisting of one or more fingers, al d, asarranged and combined with the eapflanges C G, substantially as and forthe purposes herein specified.

2. The combination and arrangement of the-capilanges C C, constructed asdescribed, notehedstandf ards E E, and the end cross-pieces G G, foradjusting,f

the height of the rakediead F as herein described.

\Vitnesses:'

HENRY R. FILLEY, CLARENCE D. BRADLEY.

